Rantis | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رنتيس |
| • Latin | Rantes (official) |
 Rantis | |
  Rantis Location of Rantis within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°01′41″N 35°01′10″E / 32.02806°N 35.01944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 151/159 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,046 dunams (11.0 km2 or 4.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,179 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Rentis, personal name[2] |
Rantis (Arabic: رنتيس) is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,179 in 2017.[1] Its population consists primarily of six clans: Danoun, Wahdan, Khallaf, Ballot, Dar Abo Salim, al-Ryahee and Hawashe.[3]
Rantis has a land area 11,046 dunams of which 589 dunams are built-up area.[3] The town's main economic sector is agriculture and 20% of its land area is planted with crops. There are two primary schools and two kindergartens. Other facilities include three clinics, a bus station, a club and two mosques.[3]
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 241
- ^ a b c The Segregation Wall threatens the practice of territorial expansion in Rantis village Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2004-06-26.